Re: vc-magit mode (was: Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages)

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > Here is an idea, a new backend -- vc-magit.  This calls the right
   > Magit functions.  The user can then set the prefered backends using
   > vc-handled-backends.

   Dmitry will tell for sure, but I think adapting Magit to the VC
   architecture won't be easy, since Magit is not exactly a backend like
   the other ones.  The VC framework might be a kind of Procrustean bed
   for Magit.

Even if the architecture makes it complciated to do it using a vc
backend, magit could still take over the C-x v binding for its own
purpose with similar semantics to what is in vc-mode.  It wouldn't
need to be entierly compatible -- but C-x v v could still work as
"commit this file", etc.